(Ha'aretz) Gili Cohen - Almost 70 foreign planes from nine countries, along with hundreds of pilots, will take part in the biennial Blue Flag exercise in Israel in November. Germany, one of the participating countries, will for the first time send fighter jets to the exercise, alongside an aerial refueling plane, pilots and senior officials from its army and air force. In addition, India will send combat planes, France will send its Rafale fighter aircraft, and Greece, Italy, Poland and the U.S. will also send planes and crews. As part of the exercise, foreign crews will practice handling the threat of advanced surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles.
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